3. For the purposes of section 33(1)(1) of the 1993 Act (prohibition on alteration of rules of schemes that were contracted-out unless alteration is of a prescribed description), the alterations which are prescribed are any alterations which are allowed by regulations 8 and 11.
Section 33(1) was substituted by paragraph 24 of Schedule 13 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015